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Western Copper & Gold (WRN) Competitors

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$1.04 +0.03 (+2.97%)
(As of 12/20/2024 04:34 PM ET)

WRN vs. LAC, EU, CRML, LAAC, TMC, LZM, DC, ASM, NMG, and LGO

Should you be buying Western Copper & Gold stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Western Copper & Gold include Lithium Americas (LAC), enCore Energy (EU), Critical Metals (CRML), Lithium Americas (Argentina) (LAAC), TMC the metals (TMC), Lifezone Metals (LZM), Dakota Gold (DC), Avino Silver & Gold Mines (ASM), Nouveau Monde Graphite (NMG), and Largo (LGO). These companies are all part of the "non-metallic and industrial metal mining" industry.

Western Copper & Gold vs.

Western Copper & Gold (NYSE:WRN) and Lithium Americas (NYSE:LAC) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, community ranking, risk and media sentiment.

Western Copper & Gold currently has a consensus price target of $4.25, indicating a potential upside of 308.65%. Lithium Americas has a consensus price target of $5.56, indicating a potential upside of 87.06%. Given Western Copper & Gold's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Western Copper & Gold is more favorable than Lithium Americas.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Western Copper & Gold
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.25
Lithium Americas
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.36

In the previous week, Western Copper & Gold had 2 more articles in the media than Lithium Americas. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Western Copper & Gold and 3 mentions for Lithium Americas. Western Copper & Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat Lithium Americas' score of 0.20 indicating that Western Copper & Gold is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Western Copper & Gold
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Lithium Americas
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Lithium Americas received 161 more outperform votes than Western Copper & Gold when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.50% of users gave Western Copper & Gold an outperform vote while only 59.50% of users gave Lithium Americas an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Western Copper & GoldOutperform Votes
5
62.50%
Underperform Votes
3
37.50%
Lithium AmericasOutperform Votes
166
59.50%
Underperform Votes
113
40.50%

22.0% of Western Copper & Gold shares are held by institutional investors. 4.6% of Western Copper & Gold shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 19.8% of Lithium Americas shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Western Copper & Gold is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lithium Americas, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Western Copper & GoldN/AN/A-$2.47M-$0.02-52.00
Lithium AmericasN/AN/A-$3.93M-$0.12-24.75

Western Copper & Gold's return on equity of -3.53% beat Lithium Americas' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Western Copper & GoldN/A -3.53% -3.45%
Lithium Americas N/A -5.59%-5.29%

Summary

Western Copper & Gold beats Lithium Americas on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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WRN vs. The Competition

MetricWestern Copper & GoldMetal mining IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$200.22M$6.86B$2.83B$19.18B
Dividend YieldN/A4.15%5.15%3.60%
P/E Ratio-52.007.77111.5541.24
Price / SalesN/A60.92791,390.8017.60
Price / CashN/A20.9224.2521.28
Price / Book1.682.713.415.32
Net Income-$2.47M$574.20M$154.11M$989.88M
7 Day Performance-0.95%-5.57%-2.90%-3.54%
1 Month Performance-8.37%-9.45%1.40%-3.68%
1 Year PerformanceN/A4.99%17.79%12.14%

Western Copper & Gold Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WRN
Western Copper & Gold
1.8035 of 5 stars
$1.04
+3.0%
$4.25
+308.7%
N/A$200.22MN/A-52.0013Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
LAC
Lithium Americas
2.5421 of 5 stars
$3.28
+0.9%
$5.63
+71.5%
-52.0%$723.85MN/A-27.25749Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
EU
enCore Energy
3.0681 of 5 stars
$3.21
-0.3%
$6.50
+102.5%
N/A$597.38M$44.97M-11.50N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
CRML
Critical Metals
N/A$6.41
+0.9%
N/AN/A$519.17MN/A0.004Gap Up
LAAC
Lithium Americas (Argentina)
2.8831 of 5 stars
$3.08
flat
$7.05
+128.9%
-54.9%$498.74MN/A0.4060
TMC
TMC the metals
2.0423 of 5 stars
$0.81
+1.0%
$4.00
+395.0%
-32.1%$262.04MN/A-2.5830
LZM
Lifezone Metals
1.3618 of 5 stars
$7.16
-1.0%
$12.50
+74.6%
-30.5%$256.61M$1.02M0.00150Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
DC
Dakota Gold
1.9181 of 5 stars
$2.24
flat
$6.00
+167.9%
-16.3%$211.52MN/A-5.4620
ASM
Avino Silver & Gold Mines
3.387 of 5 stars
$1.06
-3.6%
$1.93
+82.4%
+86.8%$148.91M$54.33M53.0034Positive News
NMG
Nouveau Monde Graphite
2.5782 of 5 stars
$1.28
-3.0%
$3.00
+134.4%
-43.5%$144.11MN/A-2.06122Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
LGO
Largo
2.7783 of 5 stars
$1.83
-5.7%
$4.20
+129.5%
-13.3%$117.32M$144.82M-2.43533Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
High Trading Volume

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